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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1906
Page
4
A compact note records a one year term for an individual identified as Bex Mooihe ree Menthe rw 1 in a sparse entry. The text provides no broader context or additional details about the person or action.
The Rovering district reports abundant ore at Good Springs with activity expanding. Workers like Gus Olinstony and Byrain drill multiple claims near the yola while the Tolebe Mining Co. enlarges its plant. Assays from Nay show 11.00 to 156.00 in gold and silver. ore piles grow for the new smelter in Good Springs.
Not far from Furnace Creek in the Funeral Range Patsy Clark fields a force of men to develop copper prospects and has sent out supplies. Fred Birney of Spokane has gone to inspect the property. The lodge is copper with gold and silver properties nearby on the east border of Death Valley. Notable claims include Leavitt Hicks mine tall and Bradshaw Lee Bros properties and other undeveloped sites. The Borax Smith railroad plans to develop these prospects. County business notes mention sick county commissioners and a Feb 5 meeting. Local press criticism and town outlook appear amid sparse reports on Searchlight, ore status, and employment, with real estate in Wilson town advertised.
A complete assortment of Monks-Quartz Placer and 5 with Hawaiian Negues of Location and Amend Certificate offered in Fremont. Items include a batch of 2 per dozen Cortiti.
Survey crews survey the Beatty to Tonopah route along the Amargosa with 300 workers grading from Ludlow toward Santa Fe links. Rail expansion aims to tapping Death Valley and Beatty mining districts, boosting Borax Smith freight and regional trade. Las Vegas plans include a machine shop, smelter, grand hotel, sanitarian facility, race track, Monte Carlo, and tourist attractions, with rail traffic already stimulating local business. First State Bank moves to a new cement building at Fremont and First streets, while the old bank site becomes a Las Vegas Mercantile meat market, signaling continued growth.
A letter from Harry Gentry of St Thomas reports Cedar Basin yielding high grade ore with about 2000 tons on the dump. Mentions Grand Galena sale to Mr Walden, Moapa land sales near Logan and Youpa Improvement, 200-acre ranch bought for 2500 now sold for 5000, Muddy area land deals with 2600 acres sold, Moapa Improvement Co receiving 2500 pounds of warden seeds, a new general store on the Muddy, 200 acres to be planted, survey work by McFarland for Moapa Improvement Co, cattle and hog shipments, Muddy River Reservoir work, and fencing bids at Lincoln County Farm managed by W W Booker.
Local bulletin from Beatty post office Nevala announces a weekly Bull Frog mini newspaper offered at $8 per year or $1 for three issues in Bend, described as reliable news from the mining country.
A brief urging readers to patronize local Salt Lake and Las Vegas businesses. It emphasizes supporting home industry, arguing that purchasing from local stores does not increase Las payroll or boost Las Vegas commerce.
Word from the Johnnie Mine reports active development with a large quantity of milk on hand awaiting the arrival of rail facilities. The push signals growth in local industry and preparedness for transportation connections.
C A Wiser of Kimberly Utah resigns as Annie Lake Mining superintendent and is succeeded by A C Kuser. Nevada Gold Butte Mines Co Ltd of Salt Lake, capitalized at 70000 shares, forms a new field in St Thomas district Lin Nevada. New camp at Gold Butte attracts attention with field operations by W Sharpe and J Gibbs. Slated railroad shop moves to Las Vegas and Milford shops moved to Caliente, per railroad official. Otis shops shift to Las Vegas, signaling payroll growth and centralization. J F Collins undertaker and embalmer listed.
J. F. Fox is listed as the agent for Fancher Greek Nurseries in Las Vegas, tied to a First Street hotel listing. The brief entry notes association with a hotel on First Street and agency for the nursery business.
Notice states forfeiture action for a mining claim in Lincoln County Nevada. It cites expenditures by Harry Jockatt and LR for claims totaling about three hundred dollars during the year ending January 1, 1901. It warns co-owners to contribute or their interest will become property of the subscriber within ninety days.
About 75 miles out on the railroad toward Beatty the Ash Meadows area features the greatest warm springs in Southern Nevada. Springs feed water to fields and ranches, with a 280 acre tract owned by banks and Hovey and hay production selling around 40 dollars per ton. J A Longstreet operates a large hay ranch, Charley the Indian holds 200 acres, and Indian Mary Scott raises vegetables hay and stock on 160 acres. Springs irrigate these ranches. source believed subterranean with links to Muddy River and nearby Moapa and Pahrump.
It will pay persons having notices of any kind for publication to consult The Age about rates. Why submit to being held up when it is possible to get the service at fair prices. The Age is the county official paper and travels to every post office.
Las Vegas Nevada January 19 Tw TaD 4 Fitzgerald Hates Lackett are notified that decades sums and expenditures are listed for mining claims. The notice cites years 1901 to 1909 and an improvement near twenty ten miles southeast of Las Vegas Ranch. County Lincoln state publication under mining laws, with parties urged to contribute property values or risk forfeiture of the claim.
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